The Leer Brother Band was formed in 1969 when the rhythm section of the great Mel Wynn and The Rhythm Aces, which included Lars van Leer on lead vocals and bass; Jay Leer on lead guitar and vocals; and Tommy "C.W." Wynder on drums decided to try out their original material on a national level. The group added Bob O'Connell, a former Rhythm Ace member, on keyboards and landed a contract with a large national recording company.

Billboard magazine dubbed the group "The kings of the secondary markets" when their second single went to number one in twenty-two areas from Utah to South Carolina, but only climbed to the high nineties of the national charts. In 1972, Doug Bittner, joined the group on keyboards and vocals and John "Twig" Twardzik came aboard on drums. In 1973, Mike Polinchak joined the band on lead guitar and the brothers were a five man group for a short period of time. Bittner then left to try his own original material in New York City and the Mainstay part of the group remained together until 1983. This included: Lars Van Leer on lead vocals and bass; Jay Leer on rhythm, lead guitar and vocals; Twig Twardzik on drums and vocals and Mike Polinchak on lead guitar and vocals.

During the period 1970-1976 the band recorded tracks at different studios where recording engineer friends would allow them to use the studios during cancellations and down time. The result was an amazing number of original songs that were never released. The tapes were digitalized in 1993 and this disc is the result.

The Leer Brothers Band may have been the best four man group playing original material that ever came out of northeastern Pennsylvania. Listen closely to these 14 original songs that are 30 years old and judge for yourself whether or not this group was ahead of its time! The songs sound as if they were recorded yesterday.

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